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|date=May 3,<ref>24 April of [[Tenshō (Momoyama period)|Tenshō]] 12 [https://books.google.com/books?id=ycdGHcKLcd8C The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan. p344]</ref> 1584
|place= Near [[Shimabara, Nagasaki|Shimabara]], [[Hizen Province]]
| coordinates = {{coord|32|48|09|N|130|21|52|E|type:event_region:JP|display=inline,title}}
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|result=Arima-Shimazu victory
|combatant1=forces of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]] and [[Arima clan]]
|combatant2=forces of [[Ryūzōji Takanobu]]
|commander1=[[Arima Harunobu]]<br>[[Shimazu Iehisa]]<br>[[
|commander2=[[Ryūzōji Takanobu]]{{KIA}}<br>[[Nabeshima Naoshige]]
|strength1=6,300<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ycdGHcKLcd8C The Cambridge History of Japan: Early modern Japan. p344]</ref>
|strength2=25,
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The {{nihongo|'''Battle of Okitanawate'''|沖田畷の戦い}}, also known as the '''Battle of Shimabara''', was fought on May 3 of 1584 between the combined forces of the Shimazu and Arima clans, and the Ryūzōji army.
[[Ryūzōji Takanobu]] was attacking a number of independent clans close to his territories. In 1582 he attacked the [[Arima clan]] and [[Arima Harunobu]] decided to ask the help of [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]]. Yoshihisa sent an army in December of that year but not much progress was made until 1584.
On May 3 the Shimazu-Arima army entrenched on a hill in front of Shimabara and received the attack of the Ryūzōji who were well armed with muskets, including high calibre ones. They attacked the hill in three columns, one advancing along the road, another advancing along the hills and a third along the beach.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RMBdoimD2kIC The Samurai: a military history. p170]</ref>
They were harassed by the Arima with large [[caliber]] arquebuses mounted on boats. The columns were defeated when the Shimazu enticed the Ryūzōji into a false retreat, Harunobu attacked the enemy's main force, and
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[[Category:1584 in Japan]]
[[Category:Shimazu clan]]
[[Category:Ryūzōji clan]]
[[Category:Conflicts in 1584]]
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